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Weekly Observations (data for week of 7/2/2021)
- Wind continues to disappoint, falling even further this week after weakness in June
- This week wind was only 6% of US electricity used, down from 9% last week
- Picking up the slack this week were gas and coal which each had nice little upticks to offset wind as solar and other sources stayed roughly flat w/w
- Regionally, demand was strongest last week in NE/Atlantic followed by the southeast; however, Florida, CAISO, and ERCOT were each down w/w
- U.S. electricity demand in total continued tracking up slightly ahead of year-ago levels last week…
- …But next week’s update will be interesting to watch (especially ERCOT data) as the weather around our Austin office and in other parts of Texas has been cooler than normal
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